413.023
(a) The division shall provide employers with information on methods to enhance the ability of an injured employee to return to work. The information may include access to available research and best practice information regarding return-to-work programs for employers. (b) The division shall augment return-to-work program information provided to employers to include information regarding methods […]
413.024
The division shall provide injured employees with information regarding the benefits of early return to work. The information must include information on how to receive assistance in accessing high-quality medical care through the workers’ compensation system. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 3.244, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
413.025
(a) The division shall assist recipients of income benefits to return to the workforce. The division shall develop improved data sharing, within the standards of federal privacy requirements, with all appropriate state agencies and workforce programs to inform the division of changes needed to assist income benefit recipients to successfully reenter the workforce. (b) The […]
413.032
(a) An independent review organization that conducts a review under this chapter shall specify the elements on which the decision of the organization is based. At a minimum, the decision must include: (1) a list of all medical records and other documents reviewed by the organization; (2) a description and the source of the screening […]
413.041
(a) Each health care practitioner shall disclose to the division the identity of any health care provider in which the health care practitioner, or the health care provider that employs the health care practitioner, has a financial interest. The health care practitioner shall make the disclosure in the manner provided by commissioner rule. (b) The […]
413.042
(a) A health care provider may not pursue a private claim against a workers’ compensation claimant for all or part of the cost of a health care service provided to the claimant by the provider unless: (1) the injury is finally adjudicated not compensable under this subtitle; or (2) the employee violates Section 408.022 relating […]
413.051
(a) In this section, “health care provider professional review organization” includes an independent review organization. (b) The division may contract with a health care provider, health care provider professional review organization, or other entity to develop, maintain, or review medical policies or fee guidelines or to review compliance with the medical policies or fee guidelines. […]
413.0511
(a) The division shall employ or contract with a medical advisor, who must be a doctor as that term is defined by Section 401.011. (b) The medical advisor shall make recommendations regarding the adoption of rules and policies to: (1) develop, maintain, and review guidelines as provided by Section 413.011, including rules regarding impairment ratings; […]
413.0513
(a) Information collected, assembled, or maintained by or on behalf of the division under Section 413.0511 or 413.0512 constitutes an investigation file for purposes of Section 402.092 and may not be disclosed under Section 413.0511 or 413.0512 except as provided by that section. (b) Confidential information, and other information to which access is restricted by […]
413.0514
(a) This section applies only to information held by or for the division, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, and Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners that relates to a person who is licensed or otherwise regulated by any of those state agencies. (b) The division and the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners on […]